Mr. Nowakowski's Class Blogs

The year is half over, and grades are about to close! There are two more assignments due this week:

- 2 Empower3000 articles are due by midnight Thursday.

- The Catcher in the Rye Castle Learning questions Ch. 1-26 are due by midnight Friday.

Here is a link to The Catcher in the Rye online if you need it: CATCHER IN THE RYE

Also, SAT Vocabulary Quiz #18 is Monday, January 30 – online study games have been posted on our class website.

All updated grades have been added to the district portal – please email me if you have questions.

SAT Vocabulary Quiz #17 is tomorrow, Tuesday, January 17 – study games have been posted on our website.

Empower3000 closes at midnight this Thursday, January 19. Your top two grades starting on Friday, January 13, will be counted.

If you have been absent from class, you are responsible for making up the Catcher in the Rye reading that you missed. So far, Chapters 1-10 have been posted on the Castle Learning study questions.

J.D. Salinger, the reclusive author of The Catcher in the Rye, died last year at the age of 91.
At the time of his death, he had not published an original work since 1965 and had not been
interviewed since 1980.

Find and post one interesting fact about J.D. Salinger. Use the Internet as your resource,
and document the site name and address with your fact – please note that Wikipedia will not
be allowed as a resource. Also, duplicate facts will not receive credit, so check the blog
comments before posting!

20 points, closes Friday, January 13 at midnight!

Happy New Year, everyone! Here are a few things for consideration…

- It’s going to get cold this week and that means our room is going to be invigorating! Feel free to wear your coat, hoodie, etc. – whatever it takes to keep you comfortable!

- There is NO SAT Vocabulary quiz this week. :>)

- There is no Empower3000 due this week. :>)

- There is no blog due this week. :>)

- There IS Castle Learning and Call of the Wild reading due by midnight Friday. :>/

- There are now 1,658 pictures on the main ceiling!

- Don’t worry about a thing. Every little thing gonna be alright!

Empower3000 grades close at midnight Wednesday and include the top four grades starting on and INCLUDING December 8.

Castle Learning assignments for The Call of the Wild have posted, and are due by Friday, January 6.

Jack London was one of the first Americans to make a lucrative career exclusively from writing, and, in his day, he was the world’s best-selling author! He also led a very adventurous, albeit short life.

Find and post one interesting fact about, or quote by, Jack London. Use the Internet as your resource, and document the site name and address with your fact – please note that Wikipedia will not be allowed as a resource. Also, duplicate facts will not receive credit, so check the blog comments before posting!

THIS ASSIGNMENT IS NOW CLOSED.

REMINDERS:
- SAT Vocabulary Quiz #15 is Monday. Online study games have been posted HERE.
- Empower3000 reading grades close Wednesday, December 21 at midnight. Top four activity scores will be counted.
- SPCA Donations have been extended through Tuesday – wish list of items can be found HERE.

Over 50 years ago, Nelle Harper Lee published a bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning book which would eventually be voted “Best Novel of the Century” in a poll by the Library Journal. This reclusive author is still alive and hasn’t published another book since! See what you can find out about her…

Find and post one interesting fact about (or quote by) Harper Lee. Use the Internet as your resource, and document the site name and address in the “Comments” box along with your fact – please note that Wikipedia will not be allowed as a resource. Also, duplicate facts will not receive credit, so check the blog comments before posting!

This assignment is now CLOSED.

Reminder: Your To Kill a Mockingbird test is this Friday!

Updated grades have been added to the DISTRICT PORTAL only, as I am discontinuing the grades link on my website. Please review your grades, as the school is planning on printing out progress reports this weekend to be sent home.

The next set of To Kill a Mockingbird study questions is due tomorrow, Wednesday, December 7, and your two Empower3000 articles must also be completed by the end of the day.

Next week on Monday is SAT Vocabulary Quiz #14 – study games are online – and another set of Mockingbird questions will be due again.

Remember, you are responsible for keeping up on the To Kill a Mockingbird readings and study questions – the test will be coming up soon!

ENG10ACC 10-week report card grades have been posted on our website at www.MrNowakowski.com and on the district portal.